RE: (erielack) E-L action, 1973

["Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paul.tupaczewski_@_alcatel-lucent.com>]

> You know better than that, Paul!
> 
> The Totowa Industrial connects westbound with the stub of the 
> New York & Greenwood Lake, going north.  That's now the 
> Pompton Industrial track.  The EL made sure that they 
> couldn't accidentally run an eastbound train from the Boonton 
> Line into the Totowa Industrial.  They even removed the 
> embankment and regraded the area.  A through move now 
> requires backing up along the former Greenwood Lake line in 
> order to access the Boonton Line on the other side.

I'm thinking in "practical" terms here, Gary. The Totowa Inustrial is still a straight line to the Boonton Line, you just have to do a little "dance" to get between the two at the revised junction, but functionally, the Totowa Industrial will lead to the Boonton Line. Heck, that's how today's NS local H-02 does it! :)


 
> Who serves the Pompton Industrial now - NYS&W? or is it inactive?

Last I heard the lower portion (from just below Pompton-Riverdale Station to just north of the current end of track above Mountain View) was donated to the towns? Passaic County? to be converted into a trail. I don't think the NYS&W serves Morris Pipe in Riverdale (a former EL customer) anymore, and that track has been dormant for the better part of a decade now, after a fast restoration to get service back to there. <sigh>

	- Paul

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